Month: September 2015

What an introduction to a documentary covering the origin of the Web, “We humans we have been pretty busy these past millennia since we stopped dragging our knuckles on the ground.” “Downloaded the True Story of the Internet” gives a theatrical telling

The history of the Internet has been filled with fights for supremacy. Just like in any business, those who’ve established themselves in the world of the Internet have had to do anything and everything to stay afloat. In the

One of favorite brand sites to visit when I am looking for a new pair of shoes is Nike. Their webpage uses various colorful graphics that open the page, while also having a clean navigation bar at the top of the

I am not that much of a neat freak but when it comes to websites I prefer it be neat rather than cluttered. The cleaner the better. My first two sites that I picked are clothing store websites. There is

For my current internship in the Concerts Marketing department of C3 Presents – a music and events promotion company in Austin – one of my responsibilities has been doing “website sweeps” for different venues that C3 represents. This entails making

News websites face the challenge of presenting a significant amount of varied content in an organized way that allows for constant updates. Different news organizations tackle this challenge in a variety of creative ways. The Washington Post chooses to organize content within a

As I have been thinking about which websites to select for this post and which of their features push me to select them I have noticed one pattern that will recur in my brief discussion of each individual website: clear

For my three sites I decided to focus on news outlets. My first choice is bbc.com because it has a simple design. The reader immediately experiences these massive photographs with overlaid headlines on a grid. The downside of this site

I appreciate websites that have a clean and crisp feel to them. I don’t like popups that I immediately have to close out of as soon as I visit someone’s site. I also like having the information I need presented